Redmond O'Neil interviews Manuel Bravo, member of the diplomatic representation in Britain of FDRWhat is your attitude to the crisis over the Malvinas islands?
First of all, I want to deal with the hard facts. The islands belong to Argentina. The claim Argentinian people to sovereigntv over them is a legitimate Second, UC. the islands do not belong Britain. The government's decision to send the task force is ar Fact colvuilascuus onialism. It is using this to try to divert the people mom us own mielnal crisis.
Third, the action "by the Argentinian military in reclaiming the islands is a legitimate action. All we demand of the ArgentiMan government is that support their claim sovereignty, and they should respect our right to sovereignty and self-determination Salvador. demand, nererore mat mey remove all military aid Ultd Salvador, and withdraw their military auvisuls from our country. Harrier Jump-jet have been if the Organisation of American States had taken committal position. . When the OAS supported Argentina, then the Us had to declare themselves. Sitting on the fence any longer meant losing the support of both sides.
First, Britain is a loser because its outdated big stick intervention will not alleviate its difficulties at The destroy the dole queues.
Second, the United States is a loser, because it exposed in the eyes of the Americas and the world. The history of our continent, Canada to Latin America is the fruit of colonialism and imperialism. The US goal beere bring loyal being loyal members of the Americas with its anti-colonial strug gle, incy are loyal to lil perialism.
Today at the time of the struggle against colonialism by ci saivador, be it against Britain, the multinationals or puppet military dictatorships, the USA else stands for upholding imperialist positions.
Thirdly although the claim of the Argentinian people for sovereignty over the Malvinas legitimate, and always will be, unc action taken by the diclatorship the Malvinas are also legitimate, nonetheless their scope for success is umied by the tact that the Argentinian junta have chosen fight enemy's terms: number of Dalico. buals, tanks, sub marines and genera sophistication maments.
It is the anti-imperialist movements which are the biggest weapons against Britain. understand about the Malvinas crisis much who will win round Rather it is to realise what a tremendous crisis going through at the moment.
THE FOLLOWING statement by the Nicaraguan government was published in the 6 April issue Managua daily Barricada.
In light the delicate siluallon the dispute between the Republic of Argentina and the Uniter Kingdon Malvinas ing statement yesterday.
Government of National Reconstruction.
imperialist policy, which i feels that one of the causes of disturbance How does the over the Malvinas affect the prospects of a military intervention?
As a result of the positions the USA has taken against Latin American dictatorship will be able to so blindly follow American plans in the This will make intervention by proxy more difficult.
However, Galtieri and the section of power that he represents may be pushed aside by That is to say, imperialism manipulalt political crisis of the opproduce a different base with a different approact to the whole thing and with whom Britain could settle the crisis, saving face and allowing the UN to act as a mediator.
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newsagents, Imperialism takes on the third world i 'THATCHER has won the diplomati struggle', our free and uncensored televi sion newsreaders tell us. The truth is slight ly different. The conflict in the Malvina has become a struggle for imperialism' right to carry on robbing; this is now clea All the imperialist powers have nov backed Britain; Japan complied two day In the third world Britain's action i seen as a re-assertion of colonial rights Even racist divisions have been revived. li 'The Falklands crisis', a glossy pro-Britis! war propaganda sheet which has just hit th we are told that The Whit Commonwealth rallied to Britain's side' Most significant of all, however, is th fact that those countries and movement The long arm of the la onialism, in all shapes an forms. should be wipe out of the Caribbean an Latin America.
Shortly after the sum mit, on 12 October 197 top Cuban leader Fid Castro addressed the UT General Assembly on tr question of the Malvina Islands. As president the Nonaligned Move ment, he reiterated its firr of right to regain sovereignt of the islands At the Foreig Ministers Conference New Delhi in February c 1981, the nonaligne accupation kingdom has minosed on! mentioned terrores. again states that it su! ports the right of all peop